Category: Race and Ethnicity in America
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Jeremy Adam Smith looks at his community in San Francisco for clues about what an American supportive of gay families will look like.
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Patricia Gozemba looks at the “gathering storm” and sees some encouraging signs for LGBT equality.
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Thomas Norman DeWolf looks at Attorney General Eric Holder’s recent comments about America’s fear of an honest conversation about race.
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A selection of quotes from “Language is a Place of Struggle”: Great Quotes by People of Color edited by Tram Nguyen.
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Today’s post, a poem written in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., is from poet, activist, and scholar Sonia Sanchez. Sanchez, one of the most important writers of the Black Arts Movement, is Laura Carnell Professor of English and Women’s Studies at Temple University. She is the author of thirteen books, including Shake Loose…
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Jeremy Adam Smith looks at how kids deal with race and what parents can do to guide them.
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Artist Jamar Nicholas discusses his adaptation of Geoffrey Canada’s Fist Stick Knife Gun, and how Canada’s memoir of growing up in the South Bronx resonated with memories of his own childhood in Philadelphia.
